1966 Game by Game
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| 1966 - Regular Season Record: 6-6-2 | ||
| 09/09/66 | at Miami | 19-14 |
| 09/18/66 | Houston | 52-13 |
| 09/25/66 | at Denver | 16-7 |
| 10/02/66 | at Boston | 24-24 |
| 10/08/66 | San Diego | 17-16 |
| 10/16/66 | at Houston | 24-0 |
| 10/23/66 | Oakland | 24-21 |
| 10/30/66 | Buffalo | 33-23 |
| 11/13/66 | at Buffalo | 14-3 |
| 11/20/66 | Miami | 30-13 |
| 11/27/66 | Kansas City | 32-24 |
| 12/03/66 | at Oakland | 28-28 |
| 12/11/66 | at San Diego | 42-27 |
| 12/17/66 | Boston | 38-28 |
Week 2: at Miami Dolphins
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final | ||
| New York Jets | 9 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 19 | |
| Miami Dolphins | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 14 |
at Orange Bowl, Miami
- Game attendance: 34,403
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter
- NYJ - Safety, Norton tackled in end zone
- NYJ - Sauer 20 pass from Taliaferro (Turner kick)
3rd Quarter
- NYJ - Mathis 4 run (Turner kick)
- NYJ - FG Turner 45
4th Quarter
- MIA - Kocourek 43 pass from Norton (Mingo kick)
- MIA - Jacquess 27 interception return (Mingo kick)
Week 3: vs Houston Oilers
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final | ||
| Houston Oilers | 3 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 13 | |
| New York Jets | 7 | 14 | 17 | 14 | 52 |
at Shea Stadium, New York
- Game attendance: 54,681
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter
- HOU - FG Blanda 49
- NYJ - Sauer 67 pass from Namath (Turner kick)
2nd Quarter
- HOU - FG Blanda 30
- NYJ - Snell 25 pass from Namath (Turner kick)
- NYJ - Lammons 13 pass from Namath (Turner kick)
3rd Quarter
- NYJ - Maynard 55 pass from Namath (Turner kick)
- NYJ - Maynard 37 pass from Namath (Turner kick)
- NYJ - FG Turner 32
- HOU Blanks 11 pass from Blanda (Blanda kick)
4th Quarter
- NYJ - Boozer 39 run (Turner kick)
- NYJ - Johnson 18 pass from Taliaferro (Turner kick)
Week 4: at Denver Broncos
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final | ||
| New York Jets | 0 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 16 | |
| Denver Broncos | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
at Mile High Stadium, Denver
- Game attendance: 29,878
Scoring Summary
' 2nd Quarter
- DEN - Mitchell 67 pass from Slaughter (Kroner kick)
3rd Quarter
- NYJ - FG Turner 40
- NYJ - FG Turner 24
4th Quarter
- NYJ - Snell 5 pass from Namath (Turner kick)
- NYJ - FG Turner 35
Week 5: At Boston Patriots
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final | ||
| New York Jets | 0 | 7 | 0 | 17 | 13 | |
| Boston Patriots | 7 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 24 |
at Fenway Park, Boston
- Game attendance: 27,655
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter
- BOS - Garron 6 run (Cappelletti kick)
2nd Quarter
- NYJ - Snell 5 run (Turner kick)
- BOS - FG Cappelletti 17
3rd Quarter
- BOS - Cappelletti 19 pass from Parilli (Cappelletti kick)
- BOS - Garron 2 run (Cappelletti kick)
4th Quarter
- NYJ - Snell 10 pass from Namath (Turner kick)
- NYJ - Lammons 12 pass from Namath (Turner kick)
- NYJ - FG Turner 17
Week 6: vs San Diego Chargers
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final | ||
| San Diego Chargers | 3 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 16 | |
| New York Jets | 7 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 17 |
at Shea Stadium, New York
- Game attendance: 63,497
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter
- SD - FG Van Raaphorst 14
- NYJ - Snell 27 pass from Namath (Turner kick)
2nd Quarter
- SD - FG Van Raaphorst 17
- NYJ - FG Turner 33
- SD - FG Van Raaphorst 42
4th Quarter
- SD - Lincoln 67 pass from Hadl (Van Raaphorst kick)
- NYJ - Boozer 8 run (Turner kick)
Week 7: at Houston Oilers
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final | ||
| New York Jets | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Houston Oilers | 10 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 24 |
at Rice Stadium, Houston
- Game attendance: 39,823
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter
- HOU - Johnson 33 run (Blanda kick)
- HOU - FG Blanda 8
2nd Quarter
- HOU - Blanks 42 pass from Blanda (Blanda kick)
4th Quarter
- HOU - Hennigan 4 pass from Blanda (Blanda kick)
Week 8: vs Oakland Raiders
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final | ||
| Oakland Raiders | 0 | 7 | 0 | 17 | 24 | |
| New York Jets | 7 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 21 |
at Shea Stadium, New York
- Game attendance: 58,135
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter
- NYJ - Namath 2 run (Turner kick)
2nd Quarter
- OAK - Powell 31 pass from Flores (Eischeid kick)
- NYJ - Namath 1 run (Turner kick)
4th Quarter
- OAK - Flores 8 run (Eischeid kick)
- OAK - FG Eischeid 32
- NYJ - Snell 1 run (Turner kick)
- OAK - Dixon 1 run (Eischeid kick)
Week 9: vs Buffalo Bills
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final | ||
| Buffalo Bills | 0 | 13 | 17 | 3 | 33 | |
| New York Jets | 3 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 23 |
at Shea Stadium, New York
- Game attendance: 61,552
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter
- NYJ - FG Turner 28
2nd Quarter
- BUF - Kemp 1 run (Lusteg kick)
- BUF - FG Lusteg 36
- BUF - FG Lusteg 10
3rd Quarter
- BUF - Warner 95 kickoff return (Lusteg kick)
- BUF - Kemp 1 run (Lusteg kick)
- BUF - FG Lusteg 38
4th Quarter
- NYJ - Lammons 34 pass from Namath (Turner kick)
- NYJ - Baird 39 interception return (Turner kick)
- BUF - FG Lusteg 17
- NYJ - Maynard 19 pass from Namath (pass failed)
Week 11: at Buffalo Bills
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final | ||
| New York Jets | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| Buffalo Bills | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 14 |
at War Memorial Stadium, Buffalo
- Game attendance: 45,738
Scoring Summary
3rd Quarter
- NYJ - FG Turner 43
4th Quarter
- BUF - Dubenion 14 pass from Kemp (Lusteg kick)
- BUF - Dunaway 72 blocked FG return (Lusteg kick)
Week 12: vs Miami Dolphins
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final | ||
| Miami Dolphins | 6 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 13 | |
| New York Jets | 0 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 30 |
at Shea Stadium, New York
- Game attendance: 58,664
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter
- MIA - FG Mingo 31
- MIA - FG Mingo 20
2nd Quarter
- NYJ - Boozer 1 run (Turner kick)
- NYJ - FG Turner 10
3rd Quarter
- NYJ - Boozer 96 kick return (Turner kick)
- NYJ - FG Turner 26
- NYJ - FG Turner 18
4th Quarter
- MIA - Auer 11 pass from Wood (Mingo kick)
- NYJ - Smolinski 1 run (Turner kick)
Week 13: vs Kansas City Chiefs
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final | ||
| Kansas City Chiefs | 7 | 9 | 13 | 3 | 32 | |
| New York Jets | 7 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 24 |
at Shea Stadium, New York
- Game attendance: 60,318
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter
- NYJ - Smolinski 1 run (Turner kick)
- KC - Burford 19 pass from Dawson (Mercer kick)
2nd Quarter
- KC - FG Mercer 32
- NYJ - FG Turner 18
- KC - FG Mercer 15
- KC - FG Mercer 45
3rd Quarter
- KC - Garrett 3 run (kick failed)
- KC - McClinton 3 run (Mercer kick)
- 4th Quarter
- NYJ - Sauer 18 pass from Namath (Turner kick)
- NYJ - Smolinski 8 pass from Namath (Turner kick)
- KC - FG Mercer 33
Week 14: at Oakland Raiders
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final | ||
| New York Jets | 3 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 28 | |
| Oakland Raiders | 0 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 28 |
at Oakland Alemda County Coliseum, Oakland
- Game attendance: 31,144
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter
- NYJ - FG Turner 9
2nd Quarter
- OAK - Dixon 5 pass from Flores (Eischeid kick)
- NYJ - Mathis 70 pass from Namath (Turner kick)
- OAK - Powell 32 pass from Flores (Eischeid kick)
3rd Quarter
- NYJ - FG Turner 37
- NYJ - Sauer 5 pass from Namath (Turner kick)
4th Quarter
- OAK - Powell 31 pass from Flores (Eischeid kick)
- OAK - Conners 28 interception return (Eischeid kick)
- NYJ - Boozer 47 run (Sauer pass from Namath)
Week 15: at San Diego Chargers
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final | ||
| New York Jets | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 14 | |
| San Diego Chargers | 0 | 14 | 0 | 10 | 24 |
at Balboa Stdium, San Diego'
- Game attendance: 25,712
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter
- NYJ - FG Turner 36
- NYJ - Snell 1 run (kick failed)
2nd Quarter
- SD - Garrison 8 pass from Hadl (Van Raaphorst kick)
- SD -Allison 9 run (Van Raaphorst kick)
- NYJ - FG turner 30
3rd Quarter
- SD - Lowe 1 run (Van Raaphorst kick)
- NYJ - Lammons 53 pass from Namath (Turner kick)
- SD - Hadl 11 run (Van Raaphorst kick)
4th Quarter
- SD - MacKinnon 3 pass from Hadl (Van Raaphorst kick)
- SD - Lowe 9 run (Van Raaphorst kick)
- NYJ - Mathis 3 run (Taliaferro run)
Week 16: vs Boston Patriots
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final | ||
| Boston Patriots | 7 | 0 | 6 | 15 | 28 | |
| New York Jets | 7 | 10 | 14 | 7 | 38 |
at Shea Stadium
- Game attendance: 58,921
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter
- BOS - Cappelletti 18 pass from Parilli (Cappelletti kick)
- NYJ - Maynard 20 pass from Namath (Turner kick)
2nd Quarter
- NYJ - Boozer 1 run (Turner kick)
- NYJ - FG Turner 12
3rd Quarter
- NYJ - Maynard 8 pass from Namath (Turner kick)
- BOS - Whalen 18 pass from Parilli (kick failed)
- NYJ - Sauer 77 pass from Namath (Turner kick)
4th Quarter
- BOS - Nance 1 run (Cappadonna pass from Parilli)
- NYJ - Snell 25 run (Turner kick)
- BOS -Graham 15 pass from Parilli (Cappelletti kick)